socalfunplaces Chapter 1042 Devil: I am very interested in you
Chapter 1042 Devil: I am very interested in you
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After walking out of Jingshan Palace, Alice did not rush to Fontainebleau. Instead, she walked to the railing of the terrace in the moonlight, rested her elbows on the slightly cool railing, and looked at the night sky with her chin resting on her hand.
For some reason, Alice always felt that the stars on Xumi were sparser than elsewhere...
"While there is still some time," she muttered to herself, looking at the stars, after an unknown amount of time, "let's go see that little Dolly..."
"Just think of it as market research," Alice stood up and turned to walk towards the Casazale Palace.
Just after taking three steps, a gust of cold wind hit my back without warning.
Alice's steps suddenly stopped, and the ends of her golden hair trembled in the wind.
This is not the wind that should be blowing on Mount Sumeru at night. It carries a chill that is not of this world.
"No..." She frowned slightly, and her fingertips quietly grasped the potion bottle hidden in her sleeve pocket, "Why do I feel..."
Alice turned slowly, her heart sinking in her chest.
Sure enough, there was a person standing by the railing where she was looking up at the sky just now.
He was wearing a black suit, a white shirt, a black top hat on his head, a meticulously trimmed mustache on his lips, and his hands were behind his back.
This guy was the devilish "top hat man" that made her hate him so much.
Seeing the top-hatted man's controlling look, Alice's teeth chattered, and the rage boiling in her chest made her voice tremble.
"Damn it, you evil guy! What on earth are you trying to do sneaking around like that?"
The man in the top hat stood with his hands behind his back, looking calm and composed. He looked at the night sky and said, "The moon is beautiful today, isn't it? Some stars are out, but some are out."
As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his chin slightly and looked into Alice's eyes without any emotion.
"But... do you really think you're so smart?"
Alice didn't respond to his words, but just poured out the hatred in her heart word by word.
"All I know is that you must be eliminated! Your existence is a hundred times more dangerous than the disaster that befell Kanria! You weave a web of lies and pave the way with blood. Sooner or later, Teyvat will be destroyed by you!"
The man in the top hat shook his head calmly with a hint of sarcasm and said, "In my eyes, you are just an idiot who cares too much about the past and ignores the future."
"What did you say?!"
Alice took a sudden step forward, her golden hair exploded in the night wind, her elf ears turned slightly red with anger, and the hatred in her eyes almost solidified into substance.
"Are you here to deliberately provoke me? Or do you think that a single word from you can shake my resolve to kill you?"
The man in the top hat didn't answer. Instead, he walked around behind Alice and said in a voice that was strangely penetrating, "No, on the contrary. I'm very interested in you."
Then the devil asked the question that was in his mind.
"You believe your husband will be faithful, but you are certain no other man can be faithful to his wife."
"As a woman, you're planning to make another woman abandon her self-respect and self-love and tear apart other people's families like a prostitute."
As he finished speaking, he raised his hand and gently nodded his head, his tone filled with pure inquiry.
"Honestly, you're quite charming. I'd like to know more about your thoughts."
Alice turned around abruptly and stared at the devil in front of her warily.
"You...you're spying on me?"
He actually heard the entire conversation with Nashida just now?
The man in the flattering hat still had no expression on his face, but his tone was filled with an elusive feeling.
"I know a lot of things, so much so that sometimes I can't even remember them all. But you are indeed one of the few people I find 'interesting'."
Seeing this, Alice simply crossed her arms and curled up a sarcastic smile.
"Stop being so mysterious! Wait until I eliminate your followers, and then we'll see if you can still be so calm!"
When the man in the top hat heard the word "believer", his eyebrows moved almost imperceptibly.
It feels very confusing. Could you be talking about Shao Yun?
"A believer?" The man in the top hat explained with a touch of absurd amusement, "Believe me, his desire to kill me is just as strong as yours."
He was telling the truth. Between Shao Yun and him, there had always been only cold dealings, not a single bit of subordination.
But Alice wouldn't believe it. She thought it was just a devil's trick, pointed at the man in the flattering hat and said, "You're just being stubborn now that I'm right?"
"You're using him. No, you're birds of a feather! Killing Shao Yun will greatly weaken you!"
The man in the top hat looked at Alice, who was obsessed with something, and found it very interesting. He commented, "Your obsession is too deep."
"But I'm really looking forward to you being able to actually kill 'him'. But the prerequisite is that you don't get crushed by him first."
"You're looking for death!" Alice felt more and more that the devil in front of her was provoking her, and said sarcastically:
"Get lost! Since you heard everything, just wait and see! Before you tip off Shao Yun, I will unite all the forces in Teyvat and pick the most suitable woman!"
She paused deliberately, emphasizing each word as she cursed, "Let her get into Shao Yun's heart and destroy everything between him and Ying! When the time comes, he'll be shattered to pieces without me having to do anything!"
The man in the top hat blinked alternately, triggering his routine, and asked, "So... do you want to make a deal? I can help you."
Alice continued to taunt as if she had heard a huge joke: "Would you sell a noose to hang yourself?"
The man in the top hat actually nodded seriously, his eyes calm and steady under the black hat, and began to state an established fact.
"I never lie. Everything you want: a woman who can seduce Shao Yun, forces to unite with, or even more directly, weapons... you can get them from me."
"As long as you can pay the corresponding price."
"Come on!" Alice interrupted him abruptly. She had seen the devil's methods before. Those seemingly tempting deals always had the price of drinking poison to quench thirst.
If I still believe it, then I will really go home to take care of the children and take care of my husband and children!
"I've already been fooled once! You want to do it again? Get out of here!"
The man in the flattering hat instinctively obeyed the "eviction order". He did not insist, but slowly took half a step back.
As he turned around, he left behind a casual whisper with a strange tongue curl at the end.
"Okay, I look forward to your actions then... See you around, Witch."
Before he finished speaking, his figure disappeared without a trace, leaving no trace, as if the confrontation just now was just an illusion of Alice.
Alice stood there, the night wind blowing into her collar, but it couldn't blow away the chill that came from being watched by the devil.
She clenched her fists and growled, "Just wait! No matter who you are, I, Alice, will personally end your existence!"
……
Late at night, inside the Casazzale Palace.
Logically speaking, Dolly should be resting at this late hour... However, the lights in the Casazale Palace are still on.
It’s not that Dolly is staying up late, it’s that she has business to do.
Silkcock brought a large amount of valuable monster debris to Dolly in exchange for funds for survival.
Just as Dolly was about to go to bed, her sister Si Ke Ke came with a large pile of monster debris and piled them in the hall for Dolly to identify.
Based on the principle that wealth is accumulated one mora at a time, Dolly immediately came to estimate the value of these monster remains herself.
Dolly looked at the remains of the monsters and carefully estimated the price.
"Let me see..." Dolly picked up a fang that shone with cold light, turned it towards the light, and frowned into a small pimple.
"This tooth is sharp, but there's a crack at the base. It'll break easily if used as a weapon handle... It won't be worth much."
She peeled off another piece of skull, poked the natural gemstone inlaid on it with her fingertips, and curled her lips.
"Oh my, the quality is really average. It's foggy and looks like it's covered in dust. How can it be as translucent as the one dug out from the abyss? It can only be considered low-grade at best..."
Then, Dolly's eyes suddenly lit up, and she picked up a palm-sized piece of scale armor from a pile of broken armor.
"This one's pretty good! But the edges are a little worn, so I'll have to give it a discount."
Then, she muttered for a while, raised her head, put on a standard "business smile" on her face, and her voice was very clear.
"I'll count it as one hundred and twenty-two thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven Mora! Not a cent more or less, no deception~"
When Sicock heard the price, his icy face remained calm. No emotion could be seen in his deep eyes. He just lowered his eyelids slightly and pondered in a low voice: "Hmm, this price..."
When Dolly heard this, her heart skipped a beat and she immediately concluded that Silkcock thought the price was too low.
She immediately put on a wary look, raised her eyebrows and asked, "Why, do you think it's not enough?"
Then, as usual with such situations, Dolly frowned exaggeratedly, her mouth drooping, revealing a painful expression as if someone had cut a piece of her flesh, and sighed:
"Oh, I have no choice! Look at the current market, I'm just selling at a low profit margin, earning some hard-earned money..."
Silkcock shook her head slowly. She certainly wasn't complaining about the small amount of money. She commented objectively, "No, it feels like two hundred more Mora than before?"
When Dolly heard this, the painful expression on her face instantly disappeared, and she even swallowed back the bunch of excuses she had just prepared. She immediately put on a smile, rubbed her hands together quickly, and said:
"Ah! Isn't it because we're old friends? You've always taken care of my business, so you deserve this discount!"
As she spoke, Dolly deftly took out a bulging wallet from the treasure bag she carried with her.
He opened his wallet and placed one hundred and twenty-two thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven Moraes neatly on the table, no more, no less, exactly the quoted price.
Silkcock walked to the table expressionlessly, looked down at the pile of Mora, and whispered, "Then let me count the Mora to see if it's enough..."
As soon as she finished speaking, she stretched out her fingers and began to count the Mora one by one.
"One, two, three..."
That's right, Silk was counting one by one like this, very seriously.
After all, she often skipped school when she was a child...
I am not very good at calculating numbers, so I can only use this most primitive method to confirm whether the number is correct.